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>Cars kill hundreds and we still use them. Cars in the US alone kill 30,000 people every year. It's one of the biggest killers we have, only behind things lik
by magduf 7y ago
>Cars kill hundreds and we still use them.
Cars in the US alone kill 30,000 people every year. It's one of the biggest killers we have, only behind things like heart disease, and it's easily the biggest thing that kills younger, healthy people. Worldwide, the number is somewhere around 250k.
- fooblitzky 7y ago250k is an understatement, according to the WHO it's closer to 1.35 million. Road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death, worldwide, for people aged 5-29. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/road-traffic-injuries https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/road-traffi...